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To ALL WHoM IT MAY GONCERN;

Y Be it known that we, JOHHLT, of Chelsea, and SIMON Gr. CHEEVER, of Boston, all in Suffolk county, and State of Massachusetts, have invented an improvement in Hames for Double Harness; and we do hereby'declare that the following, taken in connection with thedrawings, which accompany and form part of this specification, isa description of our invention, suiicient to enable those skilled in the art to practise it. I

This invention is applicable to harness haines either of metal or o f wood, and for light or heavy work.

It consists primarily in so locating or arranging thepieces which receive the hold-back straps asthat the bar or loop of the staple through which the said straps pass or to which they are secured shall have a peculiar angular location and arrangement, the upper end thereof beinginclined outward from the front of the haines, and inward toward the adjacent half of the llames, said bar beingheldby projecting pieces integral therewith` at considerable distance from the front of the hames. This angular location or arrangement of the described bar or loop of the holdback staple causes the hold-back strap to bear fairly upon the length of said bar, `while by the projection thereof` the strap connected thereunto is kept clear from the'roll of the collar, 'so that the collar is freed from the chating of the breast-strap. And said invention consists, secondly, in forming ir. one integral' piece the means for fastening the hold-back strap and one of 'the draught traces, so that the strain exerted on either is sustained by the same means of connection with the haines. Heretofore two separate pieces have been used Witheachsideor half of a hames, one for the hold-back strap and one for the trace, the latter being riveted, forged, or brazed to the haines, and for the former studs bearing loose rings have been rivetedto, the hames.A The riveting to the homes of breast-strap studs with one large Central rivet to each weakened the haines very much, often causing breakage of the haines at the rivet holes therein, and the breast-strap rings being loose chafed upon the roll of the collar, soon ,wearing through the leather by such chafing. Byl ourinvention the bearings of the trace and breast-strap attachments upon the hames are united in one piece fou-each half of a haines, saidpieeehaving feet or langesby which it is secured, either by riveting or brazing,it othathalf' of a hames towhich it is tted, said feet being made to wholly or partially encompass the outer., part of the hames and affording good bearing surfaces, with room for any suitable fastening. Besides this, the breast-strap attachment is not vibratory like the ring formerly used, and, as it is set on the proper angle, the strap thereon bears its whole width fairly thereon and not at the corners alone, and a suilicient projection from the hautes, is had to keep thel roll Vof the collar from. being chafed and worn by the breast-strap. In the drawings- VFigure l show'sia front elevation; and i Figure 2, a side elevation, one-half or one side of a hames embodying our improvement.

a is the bow of the haines. Zz and c thereon the means by which the two bows of a.. haines-v arc secured. together at the top and bottom, and oZ-is the rein-guide. The trace is secured to the piece-eg, and the breast/strap to the piecef, said pieces e andfbeing respectively united by arms g and i to the feet which surmount; and encompass the haines. Between said feet and the surface of the hames the brazing metalvmay be fused, or room' sufcient for several suitable rivets may be foundin said feet. Thus it will be seerntlrat the same fastening answers both forsecurity against strain exerted either on the trace or the breast-strap, as. all the parts, e,f, g, 71., z', are but portions of one integral casting or forging. Moreover, it will be seen from inspection of figs. 1 and 2, how the piecefis projected from the hames and is set upon Suitable angles-so as to clear the breaststrap from the collar. The formation of the part to which the trace is secured may be modified to receive a button-stud or a clip to which the trace is directly fastened, instead of being passed'directly around th-e bar e.

We claim in the construction of harness haines the projecting angular arrangement of the hold-back strap attachment, substantially as described.

Also, the combination in one integral piece of the breast-strap and'trace attachment for harness llames,

substantially as described.

I JOHN HoLT,

SIMON G. CHEEVER.

Witnesses:

J. B. CROSBY, F. GoULD. 

